The stories build on one another into a crescendo of emotions which in the end reveal a commentary on the corruption of politics, treatment of veterans, and dissolution of the moral fiber of today’s youth.

Sinclair Lewis and George Orwell both wrote books that bear reading today. Of the two, Lewis’s book is more plausible given today’s political climate — plenty of Shad LaDue and Aras Dilley types running around — and therefore more frightening than Orwell’s famous dystopia.